B.K. Gooyee vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 5 February, 1965
(7) Ld. Counsel referred to the case of B. K. Gooyee v. Commissioner of Income Tax. In support of his contention that notice under the Income Tax Act not containing signature of ITO is invalid. We note that the facts in that case were that the notice under Section 34 of the Income Tax Act did not bear the signature of the Income Tax Officer, it further transpired that office copy of same notice was not signed by the Income Tax Officer. In these circumstances, the Hon'ble Calcutta High Court held that notice was invalid. In the instant case before us we find that the office copy of the SCN was initialled by the Commissioner and was attested by the AC and thus the facts in the two cases are different. So also can be said about the case of Shri Umashankar Mishra relied upon by the ld. Counsel of the appellants.